is released by RKO Radio Pictures. This is the first Disney film to use the multiplane

camera, a device invented by Ub Iwerks (and refined with the Disney staff) that adds realism to the

animation. The special camera gives depth by using layers of backgrounds painted on glass. About

an abandoned mill which is now a home for wildlife, this short and the camera will both win Oscars.

1961:

The NBC-TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World

of Color airs "Inside Donald Duck."

1990:

The Yacht Club Resort, a five-story 630 room property (slightly

larger than its sister resort the Beach Club) opens at Walt Disney World. Conveniently located just west of Epcot at 1700 Epcot Resorts Blvd,

the hotel is set around the 25-acre Crescent Lake. The deluxe resort resembles the

New England seaboard hotels of the late 1800s. Guests staying at both the Yacht Club

and Beach Club have the exclusive use of Stormalong Bay, a 750,000 gallon pool.

2004:

The Disney/Pixar animated film The Incredibles opens in theaters nationwide. A

special midnight showing is held at Disney's El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. Written and directed by Brad Bird, the film stars an ensemble voice cast including Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Vowell, Spencer

Fox, Jason Lee, Samuel L. Jackson and Elizabeth Peña. The film follows the Parrs, a family of superheroes who hide their powers in an attempt to live a quiet suburban life.

Playing in front of The Incredibles is the Pixar short Boundin' (first released in December 2003). The short is a musically narrated story about a dancing sheep, who loses his confidence after being sheared. The film was

written, directed, narrated and featured the musical composition and performance of Pixar animator Bud Luckey.

2006:

The first two preview shows of Finding Nemo - The Musical takes place

at Animal Kingdom in Florida. The first time Disney has taken a non-musical movie

and transformed it into a musical show for the parks, it is an adaptation of the 2003 Disney-Pixar movie. (After a soft-opening November 12, the show will officially open January 24, 2007.)

"Cowboys weren't allowed to kiss girls in pictures, so one time I gave Dale a little peck on the forehead and we got a ton of letters to leave that mushy stuff out, ... So I had to kiss Trigger instead."

down Main Street USA along with Mickey Mouse. (The Cubs victory last Wednesday ended a 108-year

championship drought for the team.)

2018:

Ralph Breaks the Internet has its world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in

Los Angeles, California. The film will be released in U.S. theaters on November 21.

2017:

Mickey's Soundsational Parade has its final run at Disneyland. First premiering in May 2011,

it will give way to the Pixar Play Parade for the Disneyland Resort's Pixar Fest (but return in January 2019).

1954:

Mike Gabriel, animator and film director, best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios and as co-director of the Disney animated films The Rescuers

Down Under (1990) and Pocahontas (1995), is born in Long Beach California.

First starting his career as an assistant on The Fox and the Hound (1981), he later was assigned as a Disney animator on the animated short Fun with Mr. Future (1982). He mentored under Eric Larson's training program,

and went to work on The Black Cauldron (1985), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), and Oliver &

Company (1988). In 2004, Gabriel directed the animated short entitled Lorenzo. This was followed

by Bolt (2008), The Princess and the Frog (2009), Brave (2011), and Wreck-it Ralph (2012).

1999:

Touchstone Pictures releases the drama The Insider, starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe. A fictionalized account of a true story, it is based on the "60 Minutes" TV segment about Jeffrey Wigand, a whistleblower in the tobacco industry, covering the personal struggles of him and CBS producer Lowell Bergman as they defend his testimony against efforts to discredit and suppress it by CBS and Wigand's former employer. The film will be nominated for 7 Academy Awards.